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How to Tell if Your Horse is Overheated

How to Tell if Your Horse is Overheated Kim Baker KB Natural Horsemanship Warning signs of heat stress in your horse include: Elevated breathing. More than 40-50 breaths per minute in an inactive horse, or after several minutes rest (2-5 minutes) your horse’s breathing doesn’t return to normal. Normal range is 4-16 breaths per minute. Elevated heart rate. More than […]
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Dressage

Acolito Interagro Wins High Score Award at the Wellington Classic Dressage in the Tropics Show

Lusitano CollectionTM Auction Horses Top the Field- Acolito Interagro Wins High Score Award at the Wellington Classic Dressage in the Tropics Show Wellington, FL (August 6, 2012) – Acolito Interagro, a Lusitano stallion owned by Nan Sexton, rode away with the High Score Lusitano Award, sponsored by Interagro Lusitanos of Brazil during the Wellington Classic Dressage in the Tropics show […]
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Events

The Capital Challenge Horse Show

The Capital Challenge Horse Show Upper Marlboro, MD – August 6, 2012 – The Capital Challenge Horse Show (CCHS) is pleased to announce that the 2012 prize lists were mailed out and the PDF is available for download on the official horse show website www.capitalchallenge.org In addition to the entry blank, also available for download are: the feed and bedding […]
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Improve Your Ability to Ride and Compete with Laura Boynton King’s New Summit Subliminals™ for Equestrians

Improve Your Ability to Ride and Compete with Laura Boynton King’s New Summit Subliminals™ for Equestrians Lake Park, FL (July 31, 2012) – Laura Boynton Kings’s latest subliminal and audible affirmations help equestrians stay focused and calm! This pioneering new product, called Summit Subliminals™ is easy to use and has both subliminal and audible recordings that are great for listening […]
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Gold And Bronze Are Inspirations for Great Season

Gold And Bronze Are Inspirations for Great Season With A Solid Start to Finals Season, Karen Healey Stables Prepares for Continued Success Lexington, KY – July 30, 2012 – Californians came home from the 2012 Adequan/FEI North American Junior Young Rider Championships (NAJYRC) with an individual gold medal and team bronze. As Chef d’Equipe, Karen Healey coached Kilian McGrath of […]
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How to Select the Right Mentor for You

How to Select the Right Mentor for You Kim Baker KB Natural Horsemanship So you want to become an equine professional. That is wonderful! Finding a good mentor to assist your development into the professional world is invaluable. Here are some tips and advice on how to select the right mentor for you. What is a mentor? A mentor is […]
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Dressage

Bestselling Author Tami Hoag’s Youngest Dressage Star Wins High Score of the Show

Bestselling Author Tami Hoag’s Youngest Dressage Star Wins High Score of the Show Moorpark, CA (August 3, 2012) –Mitt and Ann Romney aren’t the only celebrities with a with a winning dressage horse. New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag’s string of upper level dressage horses are often headliners, but it is her youngest star, Highlife’s Aria that continues to […]
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Mounting from both sides of your horse

Mounting from both sides of your horse Kim Baker KB Natural Horsemanship You never know when you might have no choice but mount from the “off-side” of your horse. You could be out on the trail and a cliff is to the left side of your horse, or some other hazard or injury that prevents you from mounting or dismounting […]
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How to Teach Your Horse to Neck Rein

How to Teach Your Horse to Neck Rein By Kim Baker KB Natural Horsemanship Aids your horse must know before you teach him to neck rein: • Your horse yields to leg pressure – meaning if you apply left leg pressure your horse moves to the right. • Your horse gives softly to the bridle. • Your horse can follow […]
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Dressage

Columbian Junior Rider Nicolas Torres Rodriguez Recognized for His Top Scores at the North American Junior Young Rider Championships

Columbian Junior Rider Nicolas Torres Rodriguez Recognized for His Top Scores at the North American Junior Young Rider Championships Lexington, KY (June 30, 2012) – Colombian dressage rider Nicolas Torres Rodriguez has enjoyed a banner show season that was just topped off by being honored as the high scoring junior rider in all three days of competition at the 2012 […]